Dirty Linen - A Food Podcast with Dani Valent

Dirty Linen's second audio restaurant review is at Miss Mi in Melbourne, in the generous and creative hands of chef Esco Khoo. We take a circuitous, generous and exciting Journey Through Asia, lapel mic in tow. https://missmimelbourne.com.au Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executiv...

As we end 2021 and crash - groan - stumble - leap - into an uncertain 2022 I have less of a vision of any new year than I’ve ever had. Every occasion navigated successfully feels like dodging 8 lanes of traffic. The utter hubris of making plans seems finally clear. But I’m an optimist by nature, world lover by choice, diner by design: I won’t make predictions because who would even attempt that bu...

Our summer series continues with Eddy Urias-Castro, born in El Salvador and forging a new career as a pie perfectionist in Melbourne under his Munch Bakery label. We learn about loroco, a key central American plant with an utterly transporting fragrance. https://www.instagram.com/munchin.crunchin/?hl=en Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent...

Nicole Papasavas As owner of Melbourne's 24-hour souva institution Stalactites, Nicole Papasavas knows a thing or two about Greek food. But what are the festivals of flavour that float her boat? We find out as part of Dirty Linen's summer series. http://www.stalactites.com.au Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/da...

It's been a huge year for Mr Yum payment platform founder Kim Teo. As part of Dirty Linen's summer series, we chat about the tech entrepreneur's most memorable meals - and drinks - travelling to Singapore and Collingwood in the process. https://mryum.com Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Lo...

Dirty Linen's summer series checks in with Melbourne student and cook Joff Hernandez, who has upended some traditional notions of Filipino food by running vegetarian pop-ups under his Lutong Lupa banner. What are some of his most memorable meals and flavours? https://www.instagram.com/lutonglupa/?hl=en Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent h...

Two decades ago Karen Sharman (Gingerbread Folk) left behind a corporate lifestyle to experience the beauty of the Australian outback. With freedom to visualise new directions, a small baking business was born inspired by her obsession with gingerbread and a yearning to have deeper meaning in everything she does. https://www.gingerbreadfolk.com.au Follow The Producers on Instagram https://www.inst...

Dirty Linen embarks on our Summer Series, featuring food identities talking about favourite meals, flavours and dining experiences. We kick off with Kirsty Chiaplias, who charms Melbourne at her Middle Eastern corner store Babajan, but what are her favourite flavours, meals and dishes. We hear about sticky, sunshiny fruit that evokes emotion and memory. It's all part of Dirty Linen's summer series...

A fish fiend, wine nerd, journo activist and Santa look-a-like walk into Rockpool Bar & Grill…. And just like that we have a Christmas special where the hosts - John Susman, Shanteh Wale, Dani Valent & Anthony Huckstep (plus executive producer Rob Locke) - of all the shows on the Deep in the Weeds food podcast network are finally in the same room at the same time. Strap in for all the views on the...

Today on Dirty Linen we chat to Will Edwards, winner of apprentice of the year in the Golden Plate Awards. If you're troubled about the state of hospitality, listen to this to feel better. https://www.instagram.com/thefried.egg/?hl=en Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Produ...

You know the Australian summer has arrived when cherries turn up in the markets. Third generation cherry farmer Stephen Riseborough is director of his family’s CherryHill Orchards. A spread of central and northern Victorian farms allow the Riseboroughs to produce cherries through the late spring and summer harvesting season. What are the rhythms of the seasons, the challenges of growing a temperam...

Julien Moussi is founder and director of Inglewood Coffee Roasters and Only Hospitality Group, which owns a slew of Victorian cafes and is expanding rapidly. We talk about building and retaining teams in tricky times, whether there's a replicable formula for creating successful venues, and the analogies between sport and business. https://inglewoodcoffeeroasters.com.au Follow Dirty Linen on Instag...

For the final episode in our Dirty Linen miniseries about the Carlton Wine Room, we hear from Binod Gautam, who came from Nepal to study IT, aged just 17. So many Australian restaurants have Nepali people working in them - it's great to hear Binod's perspective on his working life in Australia and especially how much he loves his job as chef de partie at Carlton Wine Room. Huge thanks to Conor, An...

We continue our week at Carlton Wine Room with Sayaka Bilcich, bar manager and junior sommelier. Though her path hasn't been overly strategic, Sayaka believes in hospitality as a pillar of society that should be valued and appreciated more. At Carlton Wine Room, she's getting the validation and opportunity that makes the road feel right. https://thecarltonwineroom.com.au Follow Dirty Linen on Inst...

Newly qualified chef Bethan Williamson has been at Carlton Wine Room for two years. She landed on a career in cooking after finishing an Arts degree but not really finding any direction as a uni graduate. She loves the family feeling at Carlton Wine Room, the confidence that the team instils in her and - of course - the amazing snacks. https://thecarltonwineroom.com.au Follow Dirty Linen on Instag...

Coming from a 6th generation farming family and after a career as a journalist Sandra McCuaig (Bodalla Dairy) yearned to be on the land again. She found wonderment in the small town of Bodalla, a town once famous for its cheese, and set about celebrating of the region by producing award-winning cheese and ice cream. https://www.bodalladairy.com.au Follow The Producers on Instagram https://www.inst...

We continue our weeklong mini-series at Carlton Wine Room, following on from yesterday's launch episode with head chef Conor Pomroy. Today we dive in with co-owner Andrew Joy. Andy grew up immersed in the notion that food and wine are central to life. At Carlton Wine Room, he thinks about his staff first, focusing on culture and continual learning. Let's head back in... https://thecarltonwineroom....

Dirty Linen's mission is to tell inside stories of the hospitality industry and we're always asking ourselves where that might lead us. This week we're taking a deep dive into Melbourne restaurant Carlton Wine Room, a much-loved wine-focused inner-city favourite. We'll hear first from head chef Conor Pomroy who speaks about menu creation, staff culture, why he loves being a chef and the recent hea...

What's on my mind this Friday December 3? I went to Sydney and I ate and I ate and I ate. Today I talk about the pleasure of visiting restaurants that know who they are, the possible upsides of the staffing crisis, and some of the most delicious morsels I've put in my mouth this week. Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagr...

We try something new on Dirty Linen today...an audio restaurant review! I bring out the big mic and look like a total weirdo at the new Nomad Melbourne. https://nomad.melbourne Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (...

Steve Robinson grew up on a farm but he didn't realise exactly how much made-from-scratch ethics influenced him until he was a stay-at-home dad making pasta for his young family. Steve's kitchen bench hobby slowly morphed into one of Australia's most prominent premium pasta companies. Otway Pasta has a focus on quality ingredients, traditional methods and looking after the people that work there....

We continue our series on people leaving hospitality in this heartfelt chat with George Leung. George quit his senior front-of-house role at Maha Bar to spend more time with his young son. He's now the Victorian rep for spirits dealers Proof & Company. George is sure he's made the right decisions but that doesn't mean there are no regrets, especially when he sees the restaurant world struggling fo...

You probably need a coffee to listen to this podcast with coffee guy Tim 'Styles' Williams from Bureaux in Melbourne. Coffee is a monumental topic and we get right into it, talking ethical sourcing, climate change, pricing and whether it makes any sense for an Australian city to be famous for its coffee. We also hear about the way he's reshaped his business for COVID and why it's actually better.....

We chat to Lynda McAlary-Smith, the Victorian Small Business Commissioner, whose family experience with success and failure has helped her become an empathetic and effective advocate for small businesses, including restaurants and cafes. We talk rent negotiations, tapping into the community's fond feeling for local enterprises, the heart-rending but often relieving decisions around closing a busin...

In Australia turkey often plays second fiddle to chickens, but things are changing. An idea to have a few turkeys on the farm led Claire Longbottom (Freshwater Turkeys, SA) down a path to breed and pasture-raise rare heritage turkeys in the Clare Valley, South Australia. These incredible birds grow slowly and are free to roam outside and embrace an active lifestyle, and the proof lies in some of t...